Also notice that using a list with shell=True is using the API incorrectly. It wouldn't even work on Linux, so that torpedoes the cross-platform concern already :)
This kind of confusion is why I opened http://bugs.python.org/issue7839. On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 16:58:30 -0500, Ryan <rym...@gmail.com> wrote: > Of course! And, why not escape everything else, too? > > abc -> ^a^b^c > > echo %PATH% -> ^e^c^h^o^ ^%^P^A^T^H^% > > In all seriousness, to me this is obvious. When you pass a command to the > shell, naturally, certain details are shell-specific. > > -10000. Bad idea. Very bad idea. If you want the ^ to be escaped, do it > yourself. Or better yet, don't pass shell=True. > > anatoly techtonik <techto...@gmail.com> wrote: > >I am banned from tracker, so I post the bug here: > > > >Normal Windows behavior: > > > > >hg status --rev ".^1" > > M mercurial\commands.py > > ? pysptest.py > > > > >hg status --rev .^1 > > abort: unknown revision '.1'! > > > >So, ^ is an escape character. See > >http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/35565-45-when-special-command-line > > > > > >But subprocess doesn't escape it, making cross-platform command fail on > >Windows. > > > >---[cut pysptest.py]-- > >import subprocess as sp > > > ># this fails with > ># abort: unknown revision '.1'! > >cmd = ['hg', 'status', '--rev', '.^1'] > ># this works > >#cmd = 'hg status --rev ".^1"' > ># this works too > >#cmd = ['hg', 'status', '--rev', '.^^1'] > > > >try: > > print sp.check_output(cmd, stderr=sp.STDOUT, shell=True) > >except Exception as e: > > print e.output > >------------------------------ > > > >-- > >anatoly t. > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Python-Dev mailing list > >Python-Dev@python.org > >https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > >Unsubscribe: > >https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/rymg19%40gmail.com > > -- > Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/rdmurray%40bitdance.com _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
